Titles to Include Much-Anticipated Games and Productivity Software, Along With
A Newly Expanded Presence in the Console Arena
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on the success of an
award-winning year, Sierra On-Line Inc. today announced its showcase of titles
for this year's E3. Sierra(TM) will feature the best and brightest from all
its divisions, rolling out exciting new products from Sierra Studios(TM),
Sierra Attractions(TM) and SierraHome(TM) and including an enhanced line-up of
games for console platforms.
The achievements of 1999 award-winners such as Half-Life(R) and
Homeworld(R) have worked together with the continuing success of such classic
franchises as YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R) and the Hoyle(R) series to strongly
maintain Sierra's role as a leading player in the game industry. SierraHome's
latest releases from the Generations(R), Print Artist(TM), and Complete
LandDesigner(R) product families have also contributed to Sierra's key
positioning, leading the company to the forefront of the productivity market.
Riding this momentum with two out of the top five most-anticipated titles
under development,* Sierra is set to dazzle the competition at the upcoming E3
with new technologies and an expanded product line.
Among the groundbreaking titles from Sierra Studios is TRIBES(TM) 2, the
ultimate team-based action experience developed with tremendous innovations to
the teamplay and tactical elements that made 1999's Starsiege(TM) TRIBES
revered by gamers and media alike. TRIBES 2 will blow gamers away with its
exciting array of new features powered by a state of the art 3D engine for the
most advanced graphics. With Arcanum(TM), Sierra Studios is poised to bring
the role-playing game (RPG) genre to a new level of realism and gameplay.
This multiplayer PC game combines technology and magic in its play, allowing
gamers a unique experience with the highest degree of replayability. Another
much anticipated title is Homeworld(R): Cataclysm, the next episode in the
Homeworld Universe. Following in the tradition of last year's PC Game of the
Year (PC Gamer, March 2000), Homeworld: Cataclysm will extend the
revolutionary gameplay with 17 completely new missions based on an all-new
story, complemented by features such as 18 new ships and the ability to
upgrade armadas.
Sierra Studios will also be showcasing Ground Control(TM), the upcoming
real-time strategy game played out in a stunning 3D world in which players
will discover that the art of battle is the key to success. Empire Earth(TM),
an epic game spanning 500,000 years, adds to the anticipation as the latest
and greatest from Rick Goodman, the lead designer for the best-selling and
critically acclaimed strategy game Age of Empires(TM). Rounding out the
Studios lineup are NASCAR(R) Racing 4, Zeus(TM): Master of Olympus(TM) and
the Half-Life Universe, including Half-Life MODs.
Sierra Attractions joins the round up by bringing more games to console
than ever before. YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R) Volume 2 for PlayStation(R) promises
to deliver more trivia hilarity with a new episodic structure, a new question
type and new 3D art and music. This favorite irreverent quiz show party game
is guaranteed to please with 50 game show episodes from which the player has
to choose. Also being shown are two favorites from the ever-popular Hoyle(R)
franchise, guaranteed to offer endless gaming fun. Hoyle(R) Card Games for
Game Boy(R) Color offers fun for the whole family with eight popular card
games including Crazy 8's, Hearts, Spades, Solitaire, Go Fish, Old Maid, Gin
Rummy and Cribbage. The top-selling PC casino game** comes to console with
Hoyle(R) Casino for Game Boy(R) Color and will also provide the easy-to-use
interface, quality graphics, realistic sound, game-customization and attention
to fun and gaming rules that are so familiar to Hoyle fans.
SierraHome will be adding to its tradition of phenomenal titles by
unveiling its much-anticipated new release, Hallmark Card Studio(TM) Deluxe.
This software will combine store-quality greeting cards with SierraHome's
award-winning software to make it easier than ever to create customized
Hallmark greeting cards on the home computer. Other popular titles from
SierraHome's publishing family will include Print Artist(TM) Grande
Suite 8.0 and the new Print Artist PhotoExpert(TM). Adding to the lineup is
Generations(R) Grande Suite 8.0 family tree software, as well as Complete
LandDesigner(R) 3D Design Collection 6.0 and Complete Home 3D Design
Collection 2.0, the latest from the line of popular home and garden
improvement products. The MasterCook(TM) family is represented by The Best of
MasterCook(TM), with iStyle(TM) Personal Makeover completing the roster for
SierraHome.
Sierra On-Line, Inc. ( http://www.sierra.com/ ) is one of the original
developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and
productivity software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global
leader in interactive content, and is one of the world's largest publishers of
education, entertainment and home productivity software. Its divisions,
Blizzard Entertainment(R), Coktel, Knowledge Adventure(R), Sierra(TM) and
Flipside.com(TM) are famous for releasing critically acclaimed and award
winning titles. Havas has operations in the US and in Europe and is a
subsidiary of the French publishing house Havas, part of Vivendi
Communications.
NOTE:
* Information from monthly poll results, PC Gamer, April 2000
** Sales figures according to PC Data.
YOU DON'T KNOW JACK is a registered trademark of Jellyvision, Inc. Hoyle
is a registered trademark of Brown & Bigelow, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. Age of Empires is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Game
Boy is a registered trademark of Nintendo of America, Inc. Dreamcast is a
registered trademark of Sega Enterprises or its affiliated entities.
PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Hallmark is a trademark of Hallmark Licensing, Inc. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Kathy Miller of Sierra On-Line Inc., 425-649-9800, ext. 5585, or
kathy.miller@sierra.com.
SOURCE Sierra On-Line Inc.
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CONTACT:
Kathy Miller of Sierra On-Line Inc.,
425-649-9800, ext. 5585, or kathy.miller@sierra.com
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